Development and testing of an index of biotic integrity based on submersed and floating vegetation and its application to assess reclamation wetlands in Alberta's oil sands area, Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 749-761

  Rooney, Rebecca C ^a   Bayley, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; IBI; Nonlinear metrics; Performance indicators; Scoring methods; Wetland reclamation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; IBI; NONLINEAR METRICS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SCORING METHODS;

BENCHMARKING; FORESTRY; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SANDS; SALINE WATER; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

WETLANDS;

FRESH WATER; HYDROCARBON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUATIC PLANT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; OIL SAND; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAILINGS; TOXICITY; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FLOATING VEGETATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INDEX OF BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; MINE TAILINGS; MINING; OIL SANDS MINING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POTAMOGETONACEAE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMERSED VEGETATION; VEGETATION;

ALBERTA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; POTAMOGETON;

EID: 84857372082     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1999-5     Document Type: Article

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